Incidence and aetiology of facial injuries resulting from motor vehicle accidents in Queensland for a three-year period

Australian Dental Journal

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 284-288

  Wood, E B ^b   Freer, T J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Aetiology; Incidence; Maxillofacial injury; Motor vehicle accidents

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; FACE INJURY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SEASON; STATISTICS; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FACIAL INJURIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUEENSLAND; SEASONS;

EID: 0035749587     PISSN: 00450421     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1834-7819.2001.tb00293.x     Document Type: Article

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